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Author: Edward Bartolo
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To: aitor_czr
CC: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Pointer error in the backend of Netman
Hi Aitor,

Could you attach the source file so that I would be able to make sure
we are talking about the same version?

Edward

On 06/12/2015, Edward Bartolo <edbarx@???> wrote:
> Hi Aitor,
>
> Is your list of neighbouring active wifi points larger than 9 or 10?
> If that is the case, we may have hit an untested code path. I will
> review the code and post back.
>
> Edward
>
> On 06/12/2015, aitor_czr <aitor_czr@???> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> In the case of an automatically attempt to connect with netman, i get
>> the following error:
>>
>> $ ./backend 10
>> *** Error in `./backend': realloc(): invalid pointer: 0x00007ffc3deb55f4
>> ***
>> Aborted
>>
>> I believe there is an uncontrolled pointer somewhere...
>>
>> IMHO (:-) ) the line 238 of ''automated_scanner.c':
>>
>> active_wifi_list = realloc(active_wifis + 10, sizeof(void*));
>>
>> should be replaced by this other one:
>>
>> active_wifi_list = realloc(active_wifi_list, (*active_wifis +
>> 9)*sizeof(char*));
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>     Aitor.

>>
>